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Author:
Neufeld, Harry B  Search this
Subject:
Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001  Search this
Kellogg, Marguerite Henrich  Search this
Kellogg, Remington 1893-1969  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Event
Date:
1972
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Featured in TORCH, January 1973
Summary:
Secretary S. Dillon Ripley presents the Benefactor Medallion to Mrs. Marguerite Henrich Kellogg (widow of A. Remington Kellogg, Assistant Curator Division of Mammals, USNM, 1928-1948; Director, USNM, 1948-1962; Assistant Secretary and Acting Director of National Museum of Natural History, 1958-1962), 18 December 1972. Mrs. Kellogg is the first recipient of the Medal. She has established a research fund in her husband's memory to advance knowledge of fossil marine mammals and has given the Institution her husband's scientific library.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, Folder: January 1973
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Benefactor Medallion  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Rewards (Prizes, etc.)  Search this
Standard number:
72-11328-18 or SIA72-11328-18
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8457